Other Conflicts/Themes in The Crucible other than Witchcraft

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Other Conflicts/Themes in The Crucible other than Witchcraft

There are many different conflicts in The Crucible. Most of these conflicts are to do with Abigail Williams and her actions causing lots of other conflicts. One conflict in the play is the affair between Abigail Williams and John Proctor. They had an affair that was only a bit of fun for Proctor but true love for Abigail. Abigail tries to get him to give her a “soft word” but he rejects her “that’s done with” and this angers her and causes the conflict to rise between them. This affair also leads to conflict between Proctor and his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth knows about their affair but finds it hard to be able to forgive John for his actions and at one point has “lost all faith in him”. John is also angry with her for not being able “forget nothin’ and forgive nothin’”. This causes a sense of mistrust in their relationship and causes them to have arguments.

Another conflict in the play is Hale trying to be good at what he does but ends up as a kind of slave for the court until he realizes and tries not to hang people but can’t as the court forces him to sign a contract saying whoever is guilty have to be sentenced to death. This ends up being a conflict about what his knowledge is as when he is normally able to get rid of witchcraft he cannot and when he thinks that it might be something else he is correct.

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This is also hatred between Proctor and Parris as Parris does not like Proctor criticizing him to the parish, and proctor does not like the way that Parris is always asking for donations “gold candlesticks”. Therefore Proctor decides not to go to church on Sundays so long as Parris is reverend.

There are also a lot of conflicts in the Putnam family for example Ann Putnam is in conflict with Rebecca Nurse as she is jealous that many of her children have died before infancy whilst none of Rebecca’s children or grandchildren have died so she accuses Rebecca of killing ...

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